The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved new rules for the unlicensed use white spaces, the empty or under-utilized TV spectrum that many are hoping could lead to a new form of super Wi-Fi.
EU policymaking history is repeating itself as another row erupted in the European Parliament yesterday (22 September) over how to tackle Internet piracy and whether users can be cut off from the Internet for…
[…] Members of the European Parliament have recommend the removal of barriers to a single digital market by granting European Union-wide copyright licences for products such as music, books and films.
“[T]he phenomenon of on-line piracy…
Pressions des ayants-droit sur les FAI sans intervention du juge, amalgame entre partage de fichiers et vol, lien contestable établi entre le crime organisé et les infractions à la propriété intellectuelle… Le parlement européen dit…
Strasbourg, Sept. 22nd 2010 – The European Parliament has just adopted the Gallo report on copyright enforcement by 328 to 245 votes. This very repressive text is one more step in the entertainment industries’ crusade…
Strasbourg, Sept. 20th 2010 – A resolution of the European Parliament calling for more repression of file sharing will be voted upon on Wednesday. European conservatives, led by a pro-sarkozy rapporteur and helped by a…
Le site de l’Assemblée nationale a publié l’audition d’Alex Türk, président de la Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) devant la Commission des affaires économiques de l’Assemblée nationale mardi dernier. Le député Dionis…
The Minister of CultureDuring Council of Ministers of July 28th 2010, the minister of Culture and Communication has claimed that: “The Hadopi is now ready to start its action. As an independent public authority, it…
Paris, September 16th 2010 – The Gallo report on copyright enforcement -from the pro-Sarkozy MEP, Marielle Gallo- will be voted on Wednesday, September 22nd in the European Parliament. Surprisingly, the Liberal ALDE group has tabled…
The inventor of the Web has called for everyone to have access to his creation for free.
Currently, he said, just one-fifth of the world’s population has access to the web.
“What about the other 80%?” he…